Looking back at 2008, Crunchyroll has come such a long way. When I started this website two years ago, my goal was to share anime and Asian videos with my friends and make them fans. I never thought it would grow to be one of the biggest Asian entertainment sites touching MILLIONS of ppl everyday (and that's all thanks to you guys!) I've met so many great ppl on CR and I bump into a lot of ppl that discovered anime through CR and that always motivates me to make CR better.

Going into 2009, CR is going through some more changes. I know that change can be little frustrating sometimes, but I promise that we're doing everything we can to make the site better. Sometimes it's not very obvious the reason behind some things, but there are good reasons that I'll try to share. Ever since I realized CR's potential, I wanted it to be a place where everyone benefited including fans and creators. But it's taken a lot of time and work to reach out to the publishers to show them what CR has to offer and I've always respected their work if they requested it be removed. I know this has been frustrating for some of you, but it's been necessary for CR to continue and to build stronger relationships with the publishers to release their work directly onto CR. We now have over 25 publisher partners putting content up and we'll have over 130 titles come January! =D

We've made a lot of progress working with the publishers with some great shows coming in January (like Naruto Shippuden!! and many more), but there's still more to do! And much of the user-uploaded fansubs have been holding us back because it doesn't have the creator's permission So for CR to really break through and stay around forever, we are going to have to stop user uploads and take down any unauthorized uploads. This means that only official publishers will be able to upload. But it also means that the videos will be uploaded very quickly, the video quality will be great, and the creators will make money so they can support themselves to make more new stuff. So your support of CR by joining the Anime Membership, you'll be helping the anime industry survive This way, we'll be able to get a lot more good shows on CR.

I know this is a big change, but I ask for your patience and faith in CR as I work to bring all the great shows here first! I truly believe this is the right thing to do so that eventually CR will be the only place you need to go to And you guys will all be part of the Crunchyroll revolution! I'll have a lot more announcements to make in the upcoming weeks (and btw, we're not ignoring the dramas either . But please check out the Anime Membership offering – this will give you earlier access and HD quality streams! I have a feeling that 2009 is going to be a great year and a great milestone for CR. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

i dont care what you say really 3/4 of all the shows i watched or was watching all disappeared there for i have to look for a new site to watch the ones i was watching b4 brillient lets remove all the anime and charge people for anime that is generic and boring wow why didnt i think of that

Shinji... I respect your decision in revolutionizing CR... But... I have this problem and I wonder why you did this and I also wonder if its necessary... You know how when you are watching an anime on CR, when u pause it, the anime stops streaming as well... and also... when you try to fast fwd to another time slot that is already loaded... all the loaded parts are gone and it starts streaming all over again... And this two changes are rather inconvenient for me... Could you tell me why u did this at least ^___^ I just wanna know why and if it helps crunchyroll I will bear with it

Shinji... I respect your decision in revolutionizing CR... But... I have this problem and I wonder why you did this and I also wonder if its necessary... You know how when you are watching an anime on CR, when u pause it, the anime stops streaming as well... and also... when you try to fast fwd to another time slot that is already loaded... all the loaded parts are gone and it starts streaming all over again... And this two changes are rather inconvenient for me... Could you tell me why u did this at least ^___^ I just wanna know why and if it helps crunchyroll I will bear with it

Shinji... I respect your decision in revolutionizing CR... But... I have this problem and I wonder why you did this and I also wonder if its necessary... You know how when you are watching an anime on CR, when u pause it, the anime stops streaming as well... and also... when you try to fast fwd to another time slot that is already loaded... all the loaded parts are gone and it starts streaming all over again... And this two changes are rather inconvenient for me... Could you tell me why u did this at least ^___^ I just wanna know why and if it helps crunchyroll I will bear with it

makimaki_sataandagi wrote:
Click on the link mushroom, and read the last post. The kind mod replied and answered the fellow's doubts but then locked the thread and didn't quote the message either.

I read this. And must say that this still doesn't answer the little complaining fellow's question, or at least just partially. The mod is just referring to the video site layout yet completely ignores the fastforward/controlbar/buffering issue. And the little fellow's question in this "revoluton-something" thread was referring to the fastforwarding/buffering issue and not the layout. So no, it doesn't answer his question. Unless I missed out on something.

I just love how he just locks the thread with an half-answered question left. Very interesting.

I like CR, mostly because I've been here for over 2 years now. But I haven't really been active, very much, and I don't watch anime here anymore, because I live in Greenland, and there we have to pay for every MB we download, or upload. Stupid, I know.

Revolution? All this site has ever done is decay. It was great when it was small and more tight-knit. There was a sense of community and value. Now it's full of shit. It's full of jackasses, idiots, kids, mindless drones and douchebags. Shinji is all but disappeared as a person and turned into a machine. It's simply an idol that is nearly the equivalent to Big Brother from 1984. It's no longer a community but rather a large group of unrelated communities and very distinct communities at that.

This site makes people into drones. There are no longer any individuals and for that matter, prominent individuals. It's no longer what it was. People say change is great, we need change, blah blah blah blah. That's fuckin' bullshit. Change is not great or even needed in every single instance. Sometimes staying the same is better. It allows for individuality. This site should have never gotten big. It would have been great for the small group of people that were originally here. Instead, we've allowed the masses to ruin it. As usual.

Revolution? All this site has ever done is decay. It was great when it was small and more tight-knit. There was a sense of community and value. Now it's full of shit. It's full of jackasses, idiots, kids, mindless drones and douchebags. Shinji is all but disappeared as a person and turned into a machine. It's simply an idol that is nearly the equivalent to Big Brother from 1984. It's no longer a community but rather a large group of unrelated communities and very distinct communities at that.

This site makes people into drones. There are no longer any individuals and for that matter, prominent individuals. It's no longer what it was. People say change is great, we need change, blah blah blah blah. That's fuckin' bullshit. Change is not great or even needed in every single instance. Sometimes staying the same is better. It allows for individuality. This site should have never gotten big. It would have been great for the small group of people that were originally here. Instead, we've allowed the masses to ruin it. As usual.

So it goes.

i think what shinji has done is great. why not pay the creators for their hard work? and there will be no more "anxiety" of the videos being taken off or deleted. if u don't like this site, go somewhere else.

I agree with Arrancar012. CR sucks now. It has all gone to to Narutards. I rather buy DVDs and watch anime that isn't shown on this stinking site. I understand that Sinji is trying to prevent this site from being closed down due to most companies saying "oh you don't have the liscence to this anime. So take it off." So this is basically saying f-you.

Another thing there are a lot of good anime out there but hasn't been or will never be lisenced to America do to stupid and childish reasons; That is almost 80% of the anime out there. I don't care if I get banned from this site but this has to be said now. CR is losing a lot of business because most people want to watch anime that was supported up here before the CR Revolution. Now that they all have been deleted and the newer 08-up till now shows are being showed and not the earlier shows that are from the 50's and up! CR was once a place for people to get together and watch shows for free. But I think now that more people are leaving this site in search to finding older anime or their favorites. So basically I'm saying f-you crunchy roll. You just lost business from another anime freak. Yes I'm angry and there isn't anything the members or Shinji could say to make me stay.

On another note most people aren't whilling to pay for a membership so they could watch anime. Most regions European countries can't even watch anime on CR anymore because of viewing restrictions. So I leave my goodbye with a f-you CR you will never be like you used to be.